Displaying apparatus for show windows and cases.



B. P. ROSE.

DISPLAYING APPARATUS FOR SHOW WINDOWS AND CASES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 11, 1911.

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DISPLAYING APPARATUS FOR SHOW WINDOWS AND GASES.

APPLIOATIOH FILED DEG.11,1911.'

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APPLICATION FILED DEC.11, 1 .911.

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Application filed December 11, 1911. Serial No. 665,199.

To all who-m. itmay' concern Be it irnownthatLlmnnnrr P. Rose, a citizen of-the United Stat-es, residing at Henderson,;,in ;the; county of Vance and Stateof North'Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Displaying Apparatus for. Show Windows and Cases; and I do declare the following to be a fulhclear, and, exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in thei'altjto whichjit .appertains to make and use thefsamer This invention relat sfto improvements in displaying apparatus for show windows and cases. 1 -V One object ofthe invention is to provide an improved construction and arrangement of rotary goods. displaying apparatus for show windows and cases whereby different varieties ofgoods may, he successively or alternately displayed, I

Another obiectisto provide a displaying apparatus.having.,a.. removable and reversible background ,Whereby' different effects may be produced. I Withthese and; other. objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully describedand claimed. v

In the accompanying-drawings: Figure ,1 is a front view of my improved displaying apparatus applied to aishow case; Fig. 2

1s a llOI'lZOhtilljOtiOQal' view thereof, on

;line.2 .-2 of. Eig .-1; Fig. 3 is a central vertical section-on line 3 -3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 ,is'ahorizontal sectionshowing the apparatus-applied, .to ashow window; Fig. 5 1s a front-view of thesectional background of the a paratusshowing the parts connected. toget er; -Fig. ,G-is a similar view showing a the parts separated; Fig' 7 is an enlarged detail front view.of a portionof two of the sectionsof thebackgrbhnd showingin dotted lines the: manner, .in which-the sections are afasten'e'd together.;--Eig;. 8' iea. vertical sectional viewofithe.partsshownin Fig. 7;

.- Eig.;9. is'a vertical sectional view taken on In the embodimentof vention Ip'rof a circular platformor Qiioor -1 which is set 1nto:'ac1rcular openmgflqformcd 1n the floor-of the showcase orw ndow to -wh1ch the-apparatus isto be.applied. ,The 'platform 1 is revolubly supported on a centrally disposed supporting standard '3 arranged in the bottomsor base portion of the show case or window. The platform 1 preferably has a ball bearing engagement with the upper end of the standard 3 whereby is preferably provided on its under side with an annular rack or series of spur gear teeth 6 with which is engaged a spur gear P1111011 7 fixed on the upper end of a drive shaft- 8 suitably mounted beneath the platform in the base portion of the show case or window. On the shaft 8 is fixofd a bevel gear 9 with which is engaged a similar gear 10 fixed on a countershaft- 10? geared to the shaft 11 of an electric or other form of motor 12 which is also preferably arranged in the base of the show case or window! The platform 1 is preferably arranged in the fore part of the show case 13 as\shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings or in the window 14 as shown in Fig; 4 of the drawirig. The rear portion of the show case .or window is preferably closed in or has its side and rear walls formed of non-transparent material, while said showcases or windows are provided with oval or semicylindrical glass fronts 15 through which the goods placed on my improved displaymg apparatus may be observed as they are brought around into the front portion of the case or window by the revolving platform.

The platform 1 is preferably divided by v :1 removable partition or screen 16 which forms a background for the goodsplaced on the platform. The screen or partition 16 18 preferably constructed of a plurality of secating knobs or handles 22 arranged thereon as shown. The outer edges of the slots 20 with Winch the catches 19 are engaged are Jrotected b I uard dates 23 secured to the edges of the sections as shown. The partition or screen is secured in position on the platform 1 by upper and lower centrally disposed pivot bolts 24: arranged in suitable apertures in the upper and. lower ends of the central section 17 and which are adapted to be projected by operating handles or knobs into engagement with sockets formed in the platform 1 and in the ceiling or top of the show case or WlllClOW. By thus attaching the partition the same may be swung around on the platform to bring either side of the partition to the front and when the partition has been adjusted to the .desired position the same is fastened by bolts 26 arranged in the lower outer corners of the outer sections 18 of the partition and Which are provided with operating handles 27 whereby the same may be projected into or retracted from suitable sockets formed in the platform 1 to receive the same.

in each of the sections of the screen or partition is preferably formed an opening 28 in which is pivotally secured a reversible panel 29 said panel bein pivotally secured at its upper and lower ends in the upper and lower ends of the openings 23. In one side of the panels is preferably arrangol a mirror.30 While the other side is in the form of a Wooden panel may be ornamented in any desired manner to form an appropriate background for the goods to be displayed on the platform. By thus arranging the screen or partition it win be seen that the entire partition maybe readily reversed on the platform or that one or all of the panels 29 may be reversed.

By means of my improved displaying apparatus it will be seen that goods of one character or style may be placed on the platform on one sideof the screen or partition, while goods of another variety or character may be placed on the opposite side of the partition, and that when the platform is revolved in the manner described that the gpods on first one side and then the other Will be brought around in position to be observed through the glass front of the show case or Window.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood with out requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to yvithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is I 1. In a displaying apparatus of the character described, a revolubly supported platform, a partition arranged across said platform to form a background for the goods to be displayed, and means whereby the platform is revolved to successively bring the goods on the opposite sides of the partition into position to be displayed.

2. In a displaying apparatus of the character described, a revolubly mounted latform, a reversible partition arrange on said platform to form a background for the goods to be displayed, said partition comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, means to detachably secure said sections together, and means to pivotally and rigidly secure the same to the platform.

3. In a displaying apparatus of the character described, a. revolubly mounted platform, a reversible partition arranged on said platform to form a background for the goods to be displayed, said partition comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, means to detachably secure said sections together, reversible panels secured. in said sections, one side of said panels having thereon a mirror, and means to pivotally and rigidly secure the partition to the platform.

4. In a displaying apparatus for shoe cases and Windows, aplatform revolubly mounted in the floor of the case or Window, a centrally disposed platform supporting standard, a ball bearing connection between said platform and standard, a plurality of plat-form supporting rollers adapted to revolubly support the outer portion of the platform, an annular rack secured to the under side of the platform, a platform operating motor geared to said rack, and a partition secured to said platform and adapted to form a background for the goods arranged on the platform on opposite sides of the partition.

5. In a displaying apparatus of the character described, a revolubly mounted platform, means whereby thesame'is driven, a reversible partition arranged. on the platform, said partition comprising central and side sect-ions, catches arranged on the inner edges of said side sections and adapted to be engaged with the adjacent edges of the central section, bolts adapted to be engaged with said catcl lels to hold the sections of the partition toget. er, pivot bolts arranged in the upper and lower ends of said central section whereby the same is pivotally and In testimony whereof I have hereuntol set detachably secured in position on the platmy hand in presence of two subscribing Witform, fastening bolts arranged in the lower nesses.

outer corners of the outer sections of the BENNETT P. ROSE. 5 partition whereby the latter is fastened in Witnesses:

position on the platform, and reversible W. T. CHEATHA panels arranged in said sections. HENRY T. POWELL. 

